I need some computer building geek help, please.

shilala · 04-19-2011, 04:19 PM

Question:
That BluRay burner I picked is sata. Does that mean I'll have to burn up a sata port on my mobo, or does it just take a sata power connector? (Can you tell I've never used a sata anything except hard drives?)
If I can't use my ide channel, can I get a sata pci card so I have enough sata ports for my six hdd's and this here dummy? (The mobo only has six sata ports.)
Or are there other options I'm unaware of?
So far, this is the only snag I've hit. Not too bad, but it's gonna make a headache if I don't order whatever I need to make it all fly.

04-19-2011, 04:19 PM	#22
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: I need some computer building geek help, please. Question: That BluRay burner I picked is sata. Does that mean I'll have to burn up a sata port on my mobo, or does it just take a sata power connector? (Can you tell I've never used a sata anything except hard drives?) If I can't use my ide channel, can I get a sata pci card so I have enough sata ports for my six hdd's and this here dummy? (The mobo only has six sata ports.) Or are there other options I'm unaware of? So far, this is the only snag I've hit. Not too bad, but it's gonna make a headache if I don't order whatever I need to make it all fly. __________________